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  • A drunken man fights with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A man with tankard in hand leans by a window. Engraving by P. Chenu, 1756, after A. van Ostade.
  • A man lies drunk in his chair, his last glass of drink fallen from his hand. Lithograph by Lamy, c. 1860, after Villain.
  • The fortunes of Peter Pickle, Esquire, whose fashionable lifestyle ends with a drink problem. Etching by R. Seymour, 1829.
  • A busy gin palace bar with customers buying drinks. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842.
  • A drunken Silenus being helped to the base of a tree where lie female satyrs with their young. Etching by P. Soutman after P. P. Rubens.
  • The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking round the fireplace. Etching by J. Taylor, c. 1800, after A. van Ostade.
  • A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1731, after himself.
  • Two drunken war veterans staggering along arm-in-arm. Coloured lithograph by E. Purcell.
  • Women eject a drunk and publican from a bar in a crusade against drunkenness. Wood-engraving by A. Joliet, c. 1875, after Castelli.
  • An innkeeper adds water to his wine as his customer, a baker, kisses the landlady. Engraving by J. Lagniet, ca. 1663.
  • A Dutch tavern interior with three men smoking and drinking in the foreground. Engraving by J. Beauvarlet, 1755, after A. van Ostade.
  • A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Drinkers revelling outside a country tavern as a young man is led away by his mother (?). Etching by J. Wachsmuth, mid 18th century, after D. Teniers.
  • Bacchus carried on a chariot pulled by leopards, accompanied by a drunken procession of bacchants and satyrs, with Silenus and two elephants. Etching by P. Aquila after P. Berrettini da Cortona, 16--.
  • A drunken man begs in the street with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Four boors round a barrel table smoking and drinking. Engraving by J. Michel, c. 1779, after G. Farrington after A. van Ostade.
  • Three very drunken men unaware of "death", as a crowned skeleton, emerging from under the tablecloth. Engraving by S. Natim, c. 1815, after W. Craig.
  • Two men sit drinking and smoking at a tavern table. Engraving by J. Williams, c. 1792, after a painting attributed to A. Brouwer.
  • A man, ruined through drink, sits at home with his poor, starving family. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A hopeless drunkard lying on his bed watched by his poor wife and son. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842, after himself.
  • A drunken man surrounded by women in a dingy alehouse. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A man sitting outside with a tankard on his knee and a pipe in his hand. Lithograph by F. Hangstaengl, 19th century, after F. van Mieris.
  • An intoxicated man drinking beer; advertising Blauwe Week against alcohol. Lithograph (?), 1936, after A. van Dobbenburgh, 1935.
  • A man sitting outside with a tankard on his knee and a pipe in his hand. Lithograph by F. Hangstaengl, 19th century, after F. van Mieris.
  • The evil effects of intemperance on a man and his family. Lithograph by Alvey, c. 1840, after T.C. Wilson.
  • A man in a fur cap holding a drinking glass in one hand and a pipe in the other. Mezzotint after G. van Herp (?), mid 17th century.
  • A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving after W. Hogarth.
  • A drunken party with sailors and their women drinking, smoking, and dancing wildly as a band plays. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.
  • Two peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade (?).